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
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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 |