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
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negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
mystic | mystical |