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 |
|---|---|
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |