GRE Word List
BULWARK
strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
The meaning of the word bulwark is strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrall | slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall |
| cumulative | growing by addition; accumulative |
| sleazy | shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial; Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric |
| amplify | increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify one's remarks with a graph |
| desperado | reckless, desperate outlaw |
| credulity | belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete; ADJ. credulous |
| shun | keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors. |
| collage | work of art put together from fragments |
| charlatan | quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) |
| ward | administrative division of a city; division in a hospital or prison; incompetent person placed under the protection of a guardian; V: guard; ward off: avert |
