GRE Word List
OMNIVOROUS
feeding on both animal and vegetable substances
The meaning of the word omnivorous is feeding on both animal and vegetable substances.
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|---|---|
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |