GRE Word List
PHYLUM
a direct line of descent within a group
The meaning of the word phylum is a direct line of descent within a group.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| parlance | speech |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |