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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wretcha miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
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collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
obviateto anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
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fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary