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 |
|---|---|
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |