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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| Word | Meaning |
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| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |