GRE Word List
NUTRIENT
furnishing nourishment
The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.
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| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |