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 |
|---|---|
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| pudding | blood sausage |