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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notorietythe quality or state of being notorious
crescendoa gradual increase
conformistone who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior
antecedeprecede
churlishof, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar
unsavoryinsipid
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
capsizeto cause to overturn
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord