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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dynamicmarked by usually continuous and productive activity or change
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
actuaryclerk
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
remorsea gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
spuriousborn to parents not married to each other