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 |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| lode | waterway |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |