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 |
|---|---|
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |