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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |