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 |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |