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 |
|---|---|
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |