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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| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |