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 |
|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| lampoon | satire |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |