GRE Word List
TAXONOMIST
the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics
The meaning of the word taxonomist is the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| provident | frugal |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |