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 |
|---|---|
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| random | a haphazard course |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |