GRE Word List
CRYPT
secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)
The meaning of the word crypt is secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| witticism | witty saying; wisecrack(clever joking remark) |
| rooster | cock; adult male chicken |
| forsake | desert; abandon; renounce |
| crochet | make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet |
| impropriety | improperness; unsuitableness |
| corrosive | eating away by chemicals or disease; (of language) fierce |
| nondescript | undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; Ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd |
| obsolete | outmoded; no longer used |
| haphazard | random; by chance; happening in an unplanned manner; Ex. haphazard growth of the town |
| gaudy | flashy; showy |