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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| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |