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 |
|---|---|
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| swill | wash |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |