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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| Word | Meaning |
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| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |