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 |
|---|---|
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |