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levee

nounCommon GRE wordMore L words

an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river

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Levee in a sentence

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The levee held through most of the flood, protecting the town from serious damage.

Synonyms
embankmentdikedambarrier
Antonyms

None listed.

Common questions

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Levee (noun) means an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river
Here is levee used in an example sentence: "The levee held through most of the flood, protecting the town from serious damage."
Common synonyms for levee include embankment, dike, dam, barrier.
Levee is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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