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 |
|---|---|
| prosody | the study of versification |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |