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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entitybeing
commiserateto feel or express sympathy : condole
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
authoritarianof, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority
munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
bartererto trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
plenarycomplete in every respect : absolute
abeyancea state of temporary inactivity : suspension