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 |
|---|---|
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| potentate | ruler |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| scintilla | spark |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |