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 |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| countenance | look |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| guy | man |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |