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 |
|---|---|
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| hallowed | holy |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |