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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| brook | creek |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| boor | peasant |