GRE Word List
ICHTHYOLOGY
a branch of zoology that deals with fishes
The meaning of the word ichthyology is a branch of zoology that deals with fishes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| primal | original |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |