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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| Word | Meaning |
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| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |