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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| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
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| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
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