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 |
|---|---|
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| retrench | cut down |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |