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 |
|---|---|
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
