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 |
|---|---|
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| exude | to ooze out |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |