GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| nomenclature | name |
| realm | kingdom |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |