GRE Word List
NUTRIENT
furnishing nourishment
The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |