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 |
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| novelty | something new or unusual |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |