GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |