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 |
|---|---|
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| mulct | fine |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |