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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| Word | Meaning |
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| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| appease | pacify |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |