GRE Word List
DERMATOLOGIST
a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases
The meaning of the word dermatologist is a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| potentate | ruler |