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redoubt

nounCommon GRE wordMore R words

a stronghold or secure refuge, especially a defensive fortification

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Redoubt in a sentence

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The mountain village became the last redoubt of the retreating army.

Synonyms
strongholdbastionfortressbulwark
Antonyms

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Verbal · Text Completion

The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Redoubt (noun) means a stronghold or secure refuge, especially a defensive fortification
Here is redoubt used in an example sentence: "The mountain village became the last redoubt of the retreating army."
Common synonyms for redoubt include stronghold, bastion, fortress, bulwark.
Redoubt is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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