GRE Word List
TREK
to make one's way arduously
The meaning of the word trek is to make one's way arduously.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| sophist | philosopher |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |