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 |
|---|---|
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| lewd | obscene |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |