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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |