GRE Word List
STOCKADE
a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
The meaning of the word stockade is a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense.
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| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
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| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
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