GRE Word List
DEBRIS
the remains of something broken down or destroyed
The meaning of the word debris is the remains of something broken down or destroyed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| cryptic | secret |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |