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 |
|---|---|
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| enhance | heighten |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| shambles | a meat market |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |