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 |
|---|---|
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| prank | trick |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |