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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| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| mystic | mystical |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |