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 |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| feral | of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |