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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| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| aver | to declare positively |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |