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 |
|---|---|
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| writ | something written : writing |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| plait | pleat |