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 |
|---|---|
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| plane | airplane |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| transpire | to take place : go on |