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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |