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 |
|---|---|
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| lewd | obscene |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |