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
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
manifoldmarked by diversity or variety
tyrannyoppressive power
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
inherentinvolved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic
itineranttraveling from place to place
hideto put out of sight : secrete
knottymarked by or full of knots