GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| billow | wave |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |