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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| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |