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 |
|---|---|
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| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| warranted | sanction |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |