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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| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |