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 |
|---|---|
| natal | native |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| polity | political organization |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| postulate | demand |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |