GRE Word List
ETHNOLOGY
a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
The meaning of the word ethnology is a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| recast | to cast again |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |