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 |
|---|---|
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
