GRE Word List

NUTRIENT

furnishing nourishment

The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.

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improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
ewethe female of the sheep especially when mature
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palettea thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
grillto broil on a grill
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror
aghaststruck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset