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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ambiguousdoubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration
tightwada close or miserly person
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
fleeta number of warships under a single command
callousbeing hardened and thickened
shavingthe act of one that shaves
repastsomething taken as food : meal
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
vipera common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans