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 |
|---|---|
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| finery | ornament |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| exude | to ooze out |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |