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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |