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
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| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |