GRE Word List

FAUNA

animal life

The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.

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capitulateto surrender often after negotiation of terms
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
regenerationan act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated
modicuma small portion : a limited quantity
miscellanyseparate writings collected in one volume
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
appreciateto grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of
insurgenta person who revolts against civil authority or an established government
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet