GRE Word List
ROSTRUM
an ancient Roman platform for public orators
The meaning of the word rostrum is an ancient Roman platform for public orators.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| auroral | dawn |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| implode | to burst inward |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |