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 |
|---|---|
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| dire | exciting horror |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| wont | accustomed |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |