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 |
|---|---|
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |