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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| pitfall | trap |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |