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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| demise | death |