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 |
|---|---|
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| delusive | likely to delude |