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 |
|---|---|
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |