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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |