GRE Word List

RAMPART

a protective barrier : bulwark

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

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hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
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blotchto mark or mar with blotches
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
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loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest