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 |
|---|---|
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| fidelity | the quality or state of being faithful |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| trance | stupor |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |