GRE Word List
DEBRIS
rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed
The meaning of the word debris is rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tanner | person who turns animal hides into leather |
| decapitate | behead |
| sully | defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor |
| tempestuous | stormy; violent; impassioned; N. tempest: violent storm |
| itinerant | wandering; traveling from place to place (to perform work); Ex. itinerant preacher |
| flora | plants of a region or era |
| balmy | soft and mild (of air); fragrant |
| brink | edge (at the top of a cliff); Ex. on the brink of the Grand Canyon |
| intoxicate | make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex. intoxicated by all the money he might win |
| invocation | prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking |