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 |
|---|---|
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |