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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| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |