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
pigmenta substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
abdicateto renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)
burnishto make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
benisonblessing
meteoricof or relating to a meteor
desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane
lasciviousfilled with or showing sexual desire : lewd
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange