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 |
|---|---|
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| paltry | inferior |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |