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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| reverberate | reflect |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |