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 |
|---|---|
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| billow | wave |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |