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 |
|---|---|
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| unfrock | defrock |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |