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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |