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 |
|---|---|
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| clown | farmer |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |