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 |
|---|---|
| trappings | outward signs |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |