GRE Word List
CARDIOLOGIST
the study of the heart and its action and diseases
The meaning of the word cardiologist is the study of the heart and its action and diseases.
Random words
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| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| colloquy | conversation |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |