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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| Word | Meaning |
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| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |