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.
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shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
didactic | designed or intended to teach |
corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |