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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| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |