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 |
|---|---|
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |