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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| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
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| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
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| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |