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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| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |