GRE Word List

TREK

to make one's way arduously

The meaning of the word trek is to make one's way arduously.

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turgidexcessively embellished in style or language : bombastic
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psychicof or relating to the psyche : psychogenic
gruntto utter a grunt
improviseto compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
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practicalof, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin