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
entourageone's attendants or associates
miteany of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors
invectiveinsulting or abusive language : vituperation
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
daisa raised platform (as in a hall or large room)
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
militantengaged in warfare or combat : fighting
sledgesledgehammer
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
ogleto glance with amorous invitation or challenge