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 |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |