GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| raspy | harsh |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |