GRE Word List
NUTRIENT
furnishing nourishment
The meaning of the word nutrient is furnishing nourishment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| attire | to put garments on : dress |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |