GRE Word List
CONNOISSEUR
expert
The meaning of the word connoisseur is expert.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| ploy | escapade |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |