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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incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
swillwash
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
privationan act or instance of depriving : deprivation
exculpateto clear from alleged fault or guilt
fructifyto bear fruit
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
cornicethe molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration
askancewith disapproval or distrust : scornfully