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 |
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| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| imbue | endow |
| postulate | demand |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |