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 |
|---|---|
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |