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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| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
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| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |