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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magnitude | great size or extent |
equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
endorse | to write on the back of |
debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
copious | yielding something abundantly |
litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |