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 |
|---|---|
| espouse | marry |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |