GRE Word List
ORNITHOLOGIST
a branch of zoology dealing with birds
The meaning of the word ornithologist is a branch of zoology dealing with birds.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| score | twenty |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |