GRE Word List

NUTRIENT

furnishing nourishment

The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.

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WordMeaning
hotheada hotheaded person
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
prosperousauspicious
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive
rationa food allowance for one day
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
zesta piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
apexthe uppermost point : vertex
indoctrinateto imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle