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 |
|---|---|
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |