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 |
|---|---|
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |