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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progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
flirt | to move erratically : flit |
serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |