GRE Word List
STUMP
the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
The meaning of the word stump is the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |