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 |
|---|---|
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |