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 |
|---|---|
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| pending | during |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| demerit | offense |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |