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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |