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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| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
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| monotony | tedious sameness |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| exhume | disinter |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |