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 |
|---|---|
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| dingy | dirty |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| predecessor | one that precedes |