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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WordMeaning
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
catharticof, relating to, or producing catharsis
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
unbridledunrestrained
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
lunarcrescent
colossusa statue of gigantic size and proportions