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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satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
implicateto bring into intimate or incriminating connection
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
dissonancelack of agreement
propellantcapable of propelling
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
remoteseparated by an interval or space greater than usual
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
parryto ward off a weapon or blow