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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| guy | man |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |