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 |
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| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |