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.

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WordMeaning
blisscomplete happiness
bulliongold or silver considered as so much metal
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
carriondead and putrefying flesh
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
appendattach
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
tensilecapable of tension : ductile
mellifluoushaving a smooth rich flow
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet