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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maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
enhanceheighten
accedeto express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand
berateto scold or condemn vehemently and at length
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God
disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication