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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| tatter | to make ragged |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| guy | man |