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 |
|---|---|
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |