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 |
|---|---|
| vertex | the top of the head |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |