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 |
|---|---|
| query | question |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |