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 |
|---|---|
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |