GRE Word List
NUTRITIOUS
nourishing
The meaning of the word nutritious is nourishing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |