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 |
|---|---|
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| trenchant | keen |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| coin | corner |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| diva | prima donna |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |