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 |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |