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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| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |