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

WordMeaning
outlandishof or relating to another country : foreign
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
knolla small round hill : mound
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
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embryonicof or relating to an embryo
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index