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 |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| provenance | origin |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| verdant | green in tint or color |