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 |
|---|---|
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| reek | smoke |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |