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 |
|---|---|
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| exploit | deed |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |