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 |
|---|---|
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |