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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |