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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| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
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| recast | to cast again |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| historic | historical |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
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