GRE Word List
BULWARK
a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart
The meaning of the word bulwark is a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |