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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| transport | to transfer or convey from one place to another |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |