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 |
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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 |