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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| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| remission | the act or process of remitting |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |