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
| Word | Meaning |
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| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| ramification | branch |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |