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 |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| stringent | tight |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |