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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| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |