GRE Word List

FAUNA

animal life

The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.

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proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
shrewany of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
endorseto write on the back of
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
compulsionan act of compelling
malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
gorgea narrow passage through land
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining