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 |
|---|---|
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| portly | dignified |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |