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 |
|---|---|
| imply | to express indirectly |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |