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 |
|---|---|
| encumber | weigh down |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| forebears | ancestor |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| trample | tramp |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |