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
solicitto make petition to : entreat
espousemarry
writsomething written : writing
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ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
finishedentirely done
tediumthe quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
cogentappealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial