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 |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| hortatory | hortative |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |