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 |
|---|---|
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |