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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| deify | to make a god of |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |