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 |
|---|---|
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| unsavory | insipid |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |