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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| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |