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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glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
panoramicof, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
strutto become turgid : swell
spawnto deposit or fertilize spawn
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
stampedea wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals