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

WordMeaning
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
partisana firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
requisiteneeded for a particular purpose : essential
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade