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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
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| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |