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 |
|---|---|
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |