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 |
|---|---|
| coalesce | to grow together |
| pending | during |
| slew | a large number |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |