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 |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |