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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| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |