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 |
|---|---|
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| garnish | decorate |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |