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 |
|---|---|
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| pugilist | fighter |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |