GRE Word List
NUTRIENT
furnishing nourishment
The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |