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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WordMeaning
stipenda fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses
bombardmenta late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
genialitymarked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
beleaguerbesiege
bivouaca usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly