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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| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
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| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |