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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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| finery | ornament |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |