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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| overthrow | overturn |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |