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 |
|---|---|
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |