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 |
|---|---|
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| antecede | precede |