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 |
|---|---|
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |