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 |
|---|---|
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| forlorn | bereft |