GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |