GRE Word List
RAMPART
a protective barrier : bulwark
The meaning of the word rampart is a protective barrier : bulwark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| trample | tramp |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| caulk | to 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) |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |