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 |
|---|---|
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |