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 |
|---|---|
| unkempt | not combed |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |