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 |
|---|---|
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |