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 |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |