GRE Word List
GENUS
a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
The meaning of the word genus is a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| expatriate | banish |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| lugubrious | mournful |