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.
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| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
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| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
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| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |