GRE Word List

NUTRIENT

furnishing nourishment

The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.

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grazeto feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton
behemotha mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God
sourbeing, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
emollientmaking soft or supple
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
extirpateto destroy completely : wipe out
steadfastfirmly fixed in place : immovable
disembarkto remove to shore from a ship