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 |
|---|---|
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |