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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ebbthe reflux of the tide toward the sea
trickleto issue or fall in drops
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
muddleto make turbid or muddy
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
reproveto scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent
brawnthe flesh of a boar
oatmealmeal made from oats
humblenot proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive