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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esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
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attestto affirm to be true or genuine
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grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
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witlessdestitute of wit or understanding : foolish
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