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 |
|---|---|
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |