GRE Word List
ENTOMOLOGY
study of insects
The meaning of the word entomology is study of insects.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acclimate | adjust to climate or environment; adapt |
| exploit | make use of, sometimes unjustly; N. exploitation |
| condign | adequate; (of punishment) severe and well deserved |
| buffet | strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set out for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set |
| residual | remaining; left over; of a residue; N: residue |
| coda | concluding section of a musical or literary composition |
| expose | public revelation of something discreditable |
| scale | climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones |
| legerdemain | sleight(dexterity) of hand; CF. light of hand |
| bombardment | attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard |
