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 |
|---|---|
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| occident | west |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |