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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| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| acclaim | applaud |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
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| corpuscle | a minute particle |
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| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
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