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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oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
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vertexthe top of the head
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