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 |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| steep | lofty |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| garner | to gather into storage |