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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| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
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| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| hap | happening |
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