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 |
|---|---|
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| 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 |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |