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 |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| ram | a male sheep |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |