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.
Random words
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| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| viand | an item of food |
| stilted | pompous |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |