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 |
|---|---|
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| demerit | offense |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| abnegation | denial |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |