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 |
|---|---|
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| parlance | speech |
| actuary | clerk |