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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| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
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| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
