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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| Word | Meaning |
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| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| ramification | branch |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |