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.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
mogulan Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin
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snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
submissivesubmitting to others
ultimatelast in a progression or series : final
pronehaving a tendency or inclination : being likely
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
indecisivemarked by or prone to indecision : irresolute
imperceptiblenot perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle