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 |
|---|---|
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| demise | death |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |