GRE Word List

TROUGH

a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals

The meaning of the word trough is a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals.

Random words

WordMeaning
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
habituateto make used to something : accustom
muteunable to speak : lacking the power of speech
iconoclastica person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
epauletsomething that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as
durationcontinuance in time
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
temperatehaving a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature