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.
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| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
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| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
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| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |