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.
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stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
beleaguer | besiege |
bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |