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 |
|---|---|
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| broach | brooch |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |