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 |
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| quench | put out |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| billowing | wave |