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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| congruent | congruous |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |