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 |
|---|---|
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| paltry | inferior |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |