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 |
|---|---|
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| dull | tedious |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |