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 |
|---|---|
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| spate | freshet |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |