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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| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |