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 |
|---|---|
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |