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 |
|---|---|
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |