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 |
|---|---|
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| amity | friendship |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| unkempt | not combed |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |