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 |
|---|---|
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |