GRE Word List
NUTRIENT
furnishing nourishment
The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| rightful | just |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |