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 |
|---|---|
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |