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 |
|---|---|
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |