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 |
|---|---|
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| scourge | whip |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |