GRE Word List
RAMPART
a protective barrier : bulwark
The meaning of the word rampart is a protective barrier : bulwark.
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| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |