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 |
|---|---|
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| fell | skin |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| irremediable | not remediable |