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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WordMeaning
clientelea body of clients
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
frivolousof little weight or importance
serebeing dried and withered
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
dumbfoundto confound (see confound
affiliationthe state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc.
outstripto go faster or farther than
narrativesomething that is narrated : story
tannerone that tans hides