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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| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| auroral | dawn |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
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