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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| primal | original |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| oversee | survey |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |