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 |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| lunar | crescent |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |