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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |