GRE Word List
ANTHROPOLOGIST
the science of human beings
The meaning of the word anthropologist is the science of human beings.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| 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) |
| sublimate | sublime |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |