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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cachea hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements
badinageplayful repartee : banter
nomenclaturename
chauvinistan attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
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hazardousinvolving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
mayhemneedless or willful damage or violence
betokento typify beforehand : presage
meddlesomegiven to meddling
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval