GRE Word List
GENERIC
relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general
The meaning of the word generic is relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| impuissance | weakness |