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 |
|---|---|
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |