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 |
|---|---|
| canny | clever |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |