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 |
|---|---|
| scion | descendant |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| advert | to turn the mind or attention |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |