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 |
|---|---|
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| imbue | endow |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| pungent | sharply painful |