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

WordMeaning
inscrutablenot readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
calumnya misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
befuddleto muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink
waggishresembling or characteristic of a wag
withholdto hold back from action : check
dementedmad
commandeerto compel to perform military service
faunaanimal life
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words