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 |
|---|---|
| enduring | lasting |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| unfrock | defrock |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| betray | to lead astray |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |