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
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intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
nutritious | nourishing |
humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
zephyr | a breeze from the west |
deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |