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 |
|---|---|
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| guileless | innocent |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |