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 |
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| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |