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 |
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| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |