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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iotaan infinitesimal amount : jot
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deploreto feel or express grief for
sophisticateddeprived of native or original simplicity: such as
groombridegroom
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard