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
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| passe | past one's prime |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |