GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| submerge | to put under water |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |