GRE Word List

FAUNA

animal life

The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.

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stratageman artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
gloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
predilectionan established preference for something
satellitea celestial body orbiting another of larger size
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
lateralof or relating to the side
hoarda supply or fund stored up and often hidden away