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 |
|---|---|
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| random | a haphazard course |