GRE Word List
RAMPART
a protective barrier : bulwark
The meaning of the word rampart is a protective barrier : bulwark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
