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 |
|---|---|
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| clime | climate |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |