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 |
|---|---|
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| appease | pacify |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| endue | provide |