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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flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
warpa series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
delveexcavate
carapacea bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab)
charmthe chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation
physiognomythe art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries