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 |
|---|---|
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |