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 |
|---|---|
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |