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 |
|---|---|
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |