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 |
|---|---|
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |