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 |
|---|---|
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |