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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| pummel | pound |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| hurl | rush |
| niggle | trifle |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |