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 |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| scotch | scottish |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| dynamo | generator |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |