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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| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
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| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| spoof | deceive |
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| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |