GRE Word List

ENTOMOLOGY

a branch of zoology that deals with insects

The meaning of the word entomology is a branch of zoology that deals with insects.

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morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
prosperousauspicious
inclementlacking mildness: such as
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
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bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament
thematicof, relating to, or constituting a theme