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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retaliateto return like for like
misanthropea person who hates or distrusts humankind
significanthaving meaning
foregoto go before : precede
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
estimablecapable of being estimated
knottymarked by or full of knots
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
upbraidto criticize severely : find fault with