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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| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| shack | hut |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |