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 |
|---|---|
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| defalcate | deduct |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |