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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| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| modish | fashionable |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| repercussion | reflection |