GRE Word List

FAUNA

animal life

The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.

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augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
hygienea science of the establishment and maintenance of health
jurisprudencethe science or philosophy of law
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
galvanizeto subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
propitiateto gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease
thriftygiven to or marked by economy and good management
neologisma new word, usage, or expression