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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glossarya collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
nonchalancethe quality or state of being nonchalant
aptitudeinclination
besetto set or stud with or as if with ornaments
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
outragean act of violence or brutality
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent