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 |
|---|---|
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |