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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foppish | foolish |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| calorific | caloric |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |