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 |
|---|---|
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |