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 |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| doddering | feeble |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| impinge | encroach |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |