GRE Word List

CONCEPTION

the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both

The meaning of the word conception is the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both.

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optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
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contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
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pithyconsisting of or abounding in pith
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expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense