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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |