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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| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |