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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| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |