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.
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dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |