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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |