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 |
|---|---|
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| entity | being |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| throes | pang |