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 |
|---|---|
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| entity | being |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| resign | relegate |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |