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 |
|---|---|
| lugubrious | mournful |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| sleek | slick |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |