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 |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |