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 |
|---|---|
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| bauble | trinket |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| rift | fissure |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |