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 |
|---|---|
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| plane | airplane |
| exhume | disinter |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| guileless | innocent |