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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| guileless | innocent |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |