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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| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| sanction | a formal decree |