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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crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
inebriateone who is drunk
encompassinclude
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
dialecticalof, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient
gallowsa frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
comprehensivecovering completely or broadly : inclusive
omnipresentpresent in all places at all times