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 |
|---|---|
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |