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 |
|---|---|
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| noisome | noxious |
| viable | capable of living |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| cubicle | a sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |