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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WordMeaning
tingea slight staining or suffusing shade or color
dishonorlack or loss of honor or reputation
billowwave
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
allegorythe expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence
fanaticismfanatic outlook or behavior
ossifyto change into bone
quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
abutto border on : to touch along an edge