GRE Word List
TRUNK
the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots
The meaning of the word trunk is the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| eventual | contingent |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |