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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
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
piquantengagingly provocative
environencircle
salutaryproducing a beneficial effect : remedial
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
reposea state of resting after exertion or strain
calculatedapt
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature
dishonorlack or loss of honor or reputation