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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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
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| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
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| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
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| hallowed | holy |
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| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |