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 |
|---|---|
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |