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 |
|---|---|
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| growl | rumble |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |