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 |
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| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |