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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |