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 |
|---|---|
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| winsome | generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| unsavory | insipid |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |