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 |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| deify | to make a god of |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |