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

WordMeaning
acuitykeenness of perception
retainto keep in possession or use
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form
conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)
subversivethe act of subverting : the state of being subverted
errantbehaving wrongly
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable