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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| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |