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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| replicate | duplicate |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| mortician | undertaker |