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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| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
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