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 |
|---|---|
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |