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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| fulcrum | prop |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |