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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integralessential to completeness : constituent
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
gawka clumsy stupid person : lout
chantto make melodic sounds with the voice
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
demolitionthe act of demolishing
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
yoretime past and especially long past