GRE Word List

ISTHMUS

a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

The meaning of the word isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas.

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WordMeaning
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
pallto lose strength or effectiveness
compartmenta separate division or section
canterone who uses cant: such as
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
preamblean introductory statement
debunkto expose the sham (see sham