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 |
|---|---|
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| lampoon | satire |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
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