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 |
|---|---|
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| apprehend | arrest |