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
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
exposurethe fact or condition of being exposed: such as
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
compellingthat compels: such as
impoliticnot politic : unwise
perfunctorycharacterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
lucremonetary gain : profit
underlyinglying beneath or below
profligatewildly extravagant
archipelagoan expanse of water with many scattered islands