GRE Word List
PARASITE
an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
The meaning of the word parasite is an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
