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 |
|---|---|
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |