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 |
|---|---|
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| scourge | whip |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |