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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doggedmarked by stubborn determination
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
insubstantialnot substantial: such as
adulationextreme or excessive admiration or flattery
metersystematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm
meniala person doing menial work
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics