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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| urchin | hedgehog |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| hurl | rush |
| noisome | noxious |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |