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 |
|---|---|
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| grudging | unwilling |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |