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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| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| 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 |
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