GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| shove | to push along |
| nutrition | the act or process of nourishing or being nourished |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |