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.

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WordMeaning
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
drawto cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
supplicateto make a humble entreaty
raptlifted up and carried away
abortiveprematurely born
dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
obfuscateto throw into shadow : darken