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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laboriousinvolving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous
bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament
dooma law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints