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 |
|---|---|
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| dull | tedious |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |