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.
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glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
spoof | deceive |
skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
ruse | a wily subterfuge |
attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |