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 |
|---|---|
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| lax | loose |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |