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

WordMeaning
finitehaving definite or definable limits
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
gustoan individual or special taste
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
regenta person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
cantthe expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
smudgeto make a smudge on
firebranda piece of burning wood