GRE Word List

ARCHAEOLOGY

the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities

The meaning of the word archaeology is the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities.

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mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
insolventunable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business
alluvialrelating to, composed of, or found in alluvium
negligencethe quality or state of being negligent
corroborateto support with evidence or authority : make more certain
copiousyielding something abundantly
conglomeratemade up of parts from various sources or of various kinds
judiciarya system of courts of law
compulsionan act of compelling
gluttonone given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking