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 |
|---|---|
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| indite | make up |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| warranted | sanction |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| auroral | dawn |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |