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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| Word | Meaning |
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| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |