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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| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
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| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
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| quizzical | comically quaint |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
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| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |