GRE Word List
HUSBANDRY
the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture
The meaning of the word husbandry is the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture.
Random words
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calorific | caloric |
dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
duration | continuance in time |
derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |