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
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| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| fell | skin |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |