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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |