GRE Word List

RAMPART

a protective barrier : bulwark

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

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coevalof the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
searbeing dried and withered
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
distraitapprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted