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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| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |