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 |
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| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |