GRE Word List

NUTRIENT

furnishing nourishment

The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.

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WordMeaning
torsothe human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk
fleckstreak
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
euthanasiathe act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy
pietythe quality or state of being pious: such as
ignominydeep personal humiliation and disgrace
refractiondeflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
thriftygiven to or marked by economy and good management