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 |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| demerit | offense |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |