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 |
|---|---|
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| paramour | lover |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |