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 |
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| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |