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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WordMeaning
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
buffoona ludicrous figure : clown
theoreticalexisting only in theory : hypothetical
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis