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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| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| 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 |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
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