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 |
|---|---|
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |