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 |
|---|---|
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| nomenclature | name |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |