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 |
|---|---|
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| roster | a roll or list of personnel |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |