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
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
ingenuousshowing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
opalescentreflecting an iridescent light
juridicalof or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
prepossessingcreating prejudice
maelstroma powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius
colossalof, relating to, or resembling a colossus