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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interrogateto question formally and systematically
apeany of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon)
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
headstrongnot easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
menacea show of intention to inflict harm : threat
beelinea straight direct course
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point