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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| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |