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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |