GRE Word List

RAMPART

a protective barrier : bulwark

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

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WordMeaning
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
condoneto regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless
progenitoran ancestor in the direct line : forefather
murkycharacterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke
amplegenerous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
immobilitynot moving : motionless
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
solicitto make petition to : entreat