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 |
|---|---|
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |