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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| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |