GRE Word List
RAMPART
a protective barrier : bulwark
The meaning of the word rampart is a protective barrier : bulwark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| quisling | traitor |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |