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
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| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
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| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |