GRE Word List
GLOSSARY
a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings
The meaning of the word glossary is a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| 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 |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |