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 |
|---|---|
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| blackball | to vote against |
| occident | west |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |