GRE Word List

ECOSYSTEM

the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit

The meaning of the word ecosystem is the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit.

Random words

WordMeaning
conflagrationfire
incidentalbeing likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
fleeta number of warships under a single command
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
piecemealone piece at a time : gradually
estimablecapable of being estimated
respirationthe movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs
mimicryan instance of mimicking
neophytea new convert : proselyte