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 |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| forlorn | bereft |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |