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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| rightful | just |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |