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 |
|---|---|
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |