GRE Word List

RAMPART

a protective barrier : bulwark

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

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WordMeaning
summationthe act or process of forming a sum : addition
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
introspectivecharacterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection
aeriethe nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
nonchalancethe quality or state of being nonchalant
phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
rentproperty (such as a house) rented or for rent
incapacitateto deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
discourseverbal interchange of ideas