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 |
|---|---|
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |