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 |
|---|---|
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |