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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|---|---|
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
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| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| dour | stern |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| bevy | a large group or collection |