GRE Word List
PALEONTOLOGY
a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains
The meaning of the word paleontology is a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains.
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| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| dominate | rule |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |