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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| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| provenance | origin |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| overthrow | overturn |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |