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 |
|---|---|
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| defect | an imperfection or abnormality that impairs quality, function, or utility : shortcoming |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| hap | happening |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |