GRE Word List
STEM
the main trunk of a plant
The meaning of the word stem is the main trunk of a plant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| multiplicity | the quality or state of being multiple or various |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |