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
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| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
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| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| predetermine | foreordain |
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| freebooter | pirate |
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| fete | festival |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
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