GRE Word List
NUTRIENT
furnishing nourishment
The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |