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

WordMeaning
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
compressto press or squeeze together
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
exuberancethe quality or state of being exuberant
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
ardoran often restless or transitory warmth of feeling