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 |
|---|---|
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |