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 |
|---|---|
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |