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 |
|---|---|
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |