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 |
|---|---|
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| environ | encircle |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| calculated | apt |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |