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 |
|---|---|
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |