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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| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| rotunda | a round building |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |