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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| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| coin | corner |