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 |
|---|---|
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| colloquy | conversation |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |