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
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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| demerit | offense |