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 |
|---|---|
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15â24 as an example of the power of God |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |