GRE Word List
FAUNA
animal life
The meaning of the word fauna is animal life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whimsy | whim |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| narcissist | an individual showing symptoms of or affected by narcissism: such as |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| amend | to put right |