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 |
|---|---|
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |