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 |
|---|---|
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |