GRE Word List
BASTION
a projecting part of a fortification
The meaning of the word bastion is a projecting part of a fortification.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |