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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |