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

WordMeaning
tauntto reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
rampantrearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
proclivityan inclination or predisposition toward something
codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will