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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WordMeaning
venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
remoteseparated by an interval or space greater than usual
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
concordatcompact
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
coercionthe act, process, or power of coercing
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
sparenot being used
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect