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 |
|---|---|
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |