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 |
|---|---|
| veer | to change direction or course |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| 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 |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| collate | to compare critically |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |