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 |
|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| bog | wet spongy ground |