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 |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |