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 |
|---|---|
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |