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 |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| stilted | pompous |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |