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 |
|---|---|
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| savant | a person of learning |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| disport | sport |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |