GRE Word List
RAMPART
a protective barrier : bulwark
The meaning of the word rampart is a protective barrier : bulwark.
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| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| consort | associate |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |