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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| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |