GRE Word List
ECOLOGIST
a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments
The meaning of the word ecologist is a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| delve | excavate |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| impinge | encroach |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |