GRE Word List
HABITAT
the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
The meaning of the word habitat is the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |