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 |
|---|---|
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |