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 |
|---|---|
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| apprehend | arrest |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| ebullient | boiling |