GRE Word List
EPISTEMOLOGIST
the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
The meaning of the word epistemologist is the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nourishment | food |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| convention | agreement |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |