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 |
|---|---|
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| circlet | a little circle |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |