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 |
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wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
biting | having the power to bite |
reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
oversee | survey |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
postulate | demand |
leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |