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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flippantlacking proper respect or seriousness
mangeany 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
idioman 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)
sublimatesublime
duressforcible restraint or restriction
toppleto fall from or as if from being top-heavy
salineconsisting of or containing salt
arborealof, relating to, or resembling a tree
augustmarked by majestic dignity or grandeur
apoliticalhaving no interest or involvement in political affairs