GRE Word List
SYMBIOSIS
the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
The meaning of the word symbiosis is the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
