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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presumptuousoverstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties
squanderto spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate
blisscomplete happiness
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion
palleta straw-filled tick or mattress
varnisha liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
havocwide and general destruction : devastation
barragea dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak