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 |
|---|---|
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |