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
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis
resumptionan act or instance of resuming : recommencement
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
transgressionan act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
hallucinationa sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine)
integrityfirm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control