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 |
|---|---|
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |