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 |
|---|---|
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
| environ | encircle |