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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recessionthe act or action of receding : withdrawal
compoundsomething formed by a union of elements or parts
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
amnestythe act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
lodewaterway
authenticateto prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another