GRE Word List
APICULTURE
the keeping of bees especially on a large scale
The meaning of the word apiculture is the keeping of bees especially on a large scale.
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| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |