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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| Word | Meaning |
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| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |