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 |
|---|---|
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| cataclysm | flood |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |