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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| nexus | connection |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |