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.
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|---|---|
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| rococo | rococo work or style |
| potentate | ruler |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |