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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| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
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| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |