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 |
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| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |