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 |
|---|---|
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |