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 |
|---|---|
| postulate | demand |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| slake | subside |
| 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 |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| tatter | to make ragged |