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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| finery | ornament |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |