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 |
|---|---|
| pliant | pliable |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| hallowed | holy |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |