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 |
|---|---|
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| harass | exhaust |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |