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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| Word | Meaning |
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| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |