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 |
|---|---|
| guileless | innocent |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |