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 |
|---|---|
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |