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 |
|---|---|
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| defer | put off |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |