GRE Word List
GERMINAL
being in the earliest stage of development
The meaning of the word germinal is being in the earliest stage of development.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |