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 |
|---|---|
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| trance | stupor |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| emollient | making soft or supple |