GRE Word List

HERPETOLOGIST

a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians

The meaning of the word herpetologist is a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.

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recipientone that receives : receiver
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
substantivehaving substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
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solventable to pay all legal debts
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contendto strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle
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