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 |
|---|---|
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| mortician | undertaker |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |