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 |
|---|---|
| spoof | deceive |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |