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 |
|---|---|
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| pitfall | trap |
| ramification | branch |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |