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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |