GRE Word List
RESPIRATION
the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs
The meaning of the word respiration is the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |