GRE Word List
GENESIS
the origin or coming into being of something
The meaning of the word genesis is the origin or coming into being of something.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |