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 |
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| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |