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 |
|---|---|
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| obese | having excessive body fat |