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 |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| forlorn | bereft |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |