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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| modish | fashionable |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |