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 |
|---|---|
| growl | rumble |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |