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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |