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 |
|---|---|
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| exhume | disinter |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |