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 |
|---|---|
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |