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 |
|---|---|
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| raiment | clothing |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |