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 |
|---|---|
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| scotch | scottish |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |