GRE Word List
CRYPT
a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
The meaning of the word crypt is a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |