GRE Word List
GASTRONOMY
the art or science of good eating
The meaning of the word gastronomy is the art or science of good eating.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| viable | capable of living |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |