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 |
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| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| noisome | noxious |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |