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 |
|---|---|
| delve | excavate |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| environ | encircle |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |