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 |
|---|---|
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| veracious | truthful |