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 |
|---|---|
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| environ | encircle |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |