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 |
|---|---|
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |