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.

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ravagean act or practice of ravaging
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energizeto make energetic, vigorous, or active
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
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auroraldawn
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
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