GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |