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 |
|---|---|
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |