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 |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| shambles | a meat market |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| espouse | marry |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |