GRE Word List
BASTION
a projecting part of a fortification
The meaning of the word bastion is a projecting part of a fortification.
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| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
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| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
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