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
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| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |