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 |
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atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
brink | edge |
expatriate | banish |
nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |