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 |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |