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 |
|---|---|
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |