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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| peerless | matchless |