GRE Word List
STEM
the main trunk of a plant
The meaning of the word stem is the main trunk of a plant.
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| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| fester | to generate pus |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |