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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| pummel | pound |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |