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 |
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| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |