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 |
|---|---|
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |