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 |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| drivel | nonsense |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |