GRE Word List

FAUNA

animal life

The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.

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indentationthe blank space produced by indenting : indention
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
legenda story coming down from the past
beholdenbeing under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted
opulencewealth
phobiaan exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety