GRE Word List
PTERODACTYL
any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
The meaning of the word pterodactyl is any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition.
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|---|---|
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| fleck | streak |
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| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| afterlife | an existence after death |