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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glareto shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light
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lividdiscolored by bruising : black-and-blue
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
suppliantsupplicant
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effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate