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 |
|---|---|
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| amity | friendship |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |