GRE Word List
PALEONTOLOGY
a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains
The meaning of the word paleontology is a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains.
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| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |