GRE Word List

NUTRITION

the act or process of nourishing or being nourished

The meaning of the word nutrition is the act or process of nourishing or being nourished.

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WordMeaning
retractto draw back or in
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
transgressionan act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
scrappyconsisting of scraps
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice