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 |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |