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 |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |