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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| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| outmoded | not being in style |