GRE Word List

BASTION

a projecting part of a fortification

The meaning of the word bastion is a projecting part of a fortification.

Word	Meaning
ensue	to strive to attain : pursue
negate	to deny the existence or truth of
rabid	extremely violent : furious
apprehend	arrest
vertebrate	any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
hurtle	to move rapidly or forcefully
descry	to catch sight of
pilfer	steal
afterlife	an existence after death
felicitous	very well suited or expressed : apt