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 |
|---|---|
| noisome | noxious |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |