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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| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| encompass | include |
| 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 |