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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| dire | exciting horror |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |