GRE Word List

FAUNA

animal life

The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.

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yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
trougha long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals
cauterizeto sear with a cautery or caustic
addlerotten
lionizeto treat as an object of great interest or importance
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
comprehendto grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
canarda false or unfounded report or story