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 |
|---|---|
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| growl | rumble |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |