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 |
|---|---|
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |