GRE Word List

RAMPART

a protective barrier : bulwark

The meaning of the word rampart is a protective barrier : bulwark.

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caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
metersystematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm
retractto draw back or in
onomatopoeiathe naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant
discreteconstituting a separate entity : individually distinct
patoisa dialect other than the standard or literary dialect
cordonan ornamental cord or ribbon
stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe