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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| delve | excavate |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |