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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imperilto bring into peril : endanger
communetalk over
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
audaciousintrepidly daring : adventurous
exorbitantnot coming within the scope of the law
insensatelacking sense or understanding
commiserateto feel or express sympathy : condole
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
propsomething that props or sustains : support
reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated