GRE Word List

ANTHROPOLOGIST

the science of human beings

The meaning of the word anthropologist is the science of human beings.

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appropriateespecially suitable or compatible : fitting
understateto represent as less than is the case
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
paradoxone (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
coalesceto grow together
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
impedeto interfere with or slow the progress of
obituarya notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account