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 |
|---|---|
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |