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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| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |