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 |
|---|---|
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| parasite | an 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 |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |