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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extantcurrently or actually existing
fetidhaving a heavy offensive smell
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
steeplofty
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
synchronoushappening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
rotunditymarked by roundness : rounded
garnerto gather into storage