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 |
|---|---|
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |