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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pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
extantcurrently or actually existing
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immaculatespotlessly clean
markedhaving an identifying mark
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