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 |
|---|---|
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |