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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| concentric | having a common center |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |