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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| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
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| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |