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 |
|---|---|
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| ichthyology | a branch of zoology that deals with fishes |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |