GRE Word List
GERM
a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
The meaning of the word germ is a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
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| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| demented | mad |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |