GRE Word List
DREGS
sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
The meaning of the word dregs is sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| impinge | encroach |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |