GRE Word List
RAMPART
a protective barrier : bulwark
The meaning of the word rampart is a protective barrier : bulwark.
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|---|---|
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
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| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| impinge | encroach |
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| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |