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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| flighty | swift |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| irate | roused to ire |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |