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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| retribution | recompense |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |