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 |
|---|---|
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| quisling | traitor |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |