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 |
|---|---|
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| mortician | undertaker |