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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| courier | messenger |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| inequity | injustice |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |