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 |
|---|---|
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| invalid | not valid: |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |